ตำ(dtam)

Meanings

1VerbA2

[to] pound; crush (with mortar/pestle)

to repeatedly strike and press using a heavy tool (often mortar and pestle) to break, mix, or make a paste

Examples

ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ตำพริกdtam príkตำพริกdtam prík[to] pound chiliesในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ครกkrókครกkrókmortar (for pounding)
Grandma pounds chilies in the mortar.
2VerbA2

[to] make som tam–style; pound-mix

to prepare food by pounding and mixing ingredients together, as with papaya salad

Examples

ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ตำส้มdtam sômตำส้มdtam sôm[to] make som tam (papaya salad)ตำdtamตำdtam1[to] pound; crush (with mortar/pestle)2[to] bruise; bash; batter3[to be] lowly; of lower rank (lit./archaic)4[to] make som tam–style; pound-mix5[to] pierce; prick; punctureให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocket
Grandma pounds papaya salad for me to eat.
3VerbB1

[to] bruise; bash; batter

to hit repeatedly or forcefully so that it is damaged or bruised; to thump or batter

Examples

ลูกบอลlôok bonลูกบอลlôok bonball (for sports/games)กระเด็นgrà-denกระเด็นgrà-den1[to] splash; spatter2[to] be flung; be knocked awayไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ตำdtamตำdtam1[to] pound; crush (with mortar/pestle)2[to] bruise; bash; batter3[to be] lowly; of lower rank (lit./archaic)4[to] make som tam–style; pound-mix5[to] pierce; prick; punctureกระจกgrà-jòkกระจกgrà-jòk1mirror2glass (material; pane; sheet)3glass cover/lens (devices)หน้าต่างnâa dtàangหน้าต่างnâa dtàang1window2window (computing)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofเป็นรอยbpen roiเป็นรอยbpen roi[to] be scratched; marked
The ball bounced and thumped the window, leaving a mark.
4VerbB1

[to] pierce; prick; puncture

to make a hole or puncture with something sharp (e.g., a thorn pricking the skin)

5AdjectiveC1

[to be] lowly; of lower rank (lit./archaic)

to be in a lower position or rank; to hold an inferior status (literary/archaic)

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเคยkoeiเคยkoei1ever; used to (past experience)2[used to] (past experience/habit)ดำรงตำแหน่งdam-rong dtam-nàengดำรงตำแหน่งdam-rong dtam-nàeng[to] hold a position; [to] occupy a postผู้ช่วยpôo chûuayผู้ช่วยpôo chûuayassistant; aide; helperอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainหลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)ปีbpeeปีbpee1year2years old3zodiac year; animal yearจึงjeungจึงjeung1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ตำdtamตำdtam1[to] pound; crush (with mortar/pestle)2[to] bruise; bash; batter3[to be] lowly; of lower rank (lit./archaic)4[to] make som tam–style; pound-mix5[to] pierce; prick; punctureอยู่ใต้yòo dtâiอยู่ใต้yòo dtâi1[to] be under [sth]; [to] be beneath [sth]2[to] be under the control of [sb/sth]3[to] be south of [somewhere]หัวหน้าhŭua nâaหัวหน้าhŭua nâa1boss; supervisor2leader; chiefคนเดิมkon dermคนเดิมkon dermthe same person
He served as an assistant for many years, thus remaining in a lower position under the same boss.

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